Sap & Soil Club: Unlock the Full Potential of Your Crops
A plant sap and soil testing discussion group | Published September 2024
Calling all grain growers! Learn how to collect and interpret your soil and sap tests to optimise your crop nutrition and soil health in our Sap & Soil Club. Through four online workshops held over the grain growing season, you’ll gain practical insights alongside a community of fellow growers.
Interested? Read more about the group and register your interest below by Monday 17 February 2025.
Why Sap & Soil Testing?
📋 Plant sap analysis is an emerging diagnostic tool that measures the real-time nutritional and mineral status of plants. Leading growers are now using sap analysis to fine-tune their in-season nutrient management for better crop performance.
🔗 Learn more about sap analysis here
📺 Watch our webinar on sap analysis here
📊 Comprehensive soil testing — including both available and total nutrient pools—provides a clearer picture of your soil’s capacity to deliver nutrition. When paired with in-crop sap analysis, you can gain powerful insights into how well your plant-soil system is functioning.
Growers using these tools can:
✅ Fine-tune in-season nutrition programs for immediate crop response
✅ Make data-driven decisions for next season’s fertility management
✅ Improve soil and plant health over time with targeted interventions
Why Join the Sap & Soil Club?
This is more than just another webinar — it’s a hands on learning group designed for meaningful conversations and practical insights. You’ll be part of a small, supportive group of grain growers, guided by experts, where you can dive into the data and apply it to real on-farm decisions.
What’s Involved?
🖥️ Four online workshops between February and August 2025 (kicking off on the 28th Feb, 12pm AEDT with following dates TBC)
📖 Expert facilitation by Peer Learning Manager and farmer Courtney Young and agroecologist Sarah Fea
🧪 Practical learning — collect, interpret, and analyse your own soil and plant sap tests
👥 Group discussions — explore management decisions including foliar applications and soil amendments
Join the club!
📅 Register your interest by 10 AM, Monday 17 February 2025
📆 First club gathering: Online, Friday 28th February 2025, 12pm AEDT.
To participate, you’ll need:
- A paddock going into crop in autumn/winter 2025 where samples will be collected
- Approximately $300 per site for lab fees and shipping
- Time collect and ship at least one sap and soil test
- Capacity to participate in four 90-minute online sessions (February–August 2025)
- Access to a private Whatsapp group
Spots are limited!
Note: this is an opportunity tailored for Australian grain growers as part of our Cropping Resilience Project.
For more information
If you have any questions, get in touch at [email protected].
